That's a great post............thanks for sharing!! Especially the B-36 stuff, since Dad was a mechanic on them while he was in, 1950-1954.
He use to tell how cold it was working on them out in Rapid City SD, and there was always a LOT of work they needed. But one thing he always mentioned with his outfit was PRIDE. He use to say how damn cold it was at times, but you still went out there and "timed mags" or whatever the beast needed. He said the worst thing that ever happened was preparing a bomber for a flight, the plane would taxi out and do its run-up, and then taxi back in with a problem. That always really bugged the shit out of him since they were such a proud outfit, and took that personally the failure of the flight.............so, they suited back up and went back to work.
He was really proud to have served with SAC.
Thanks again for the awesome pics.
vmax84